Shotput Ventures - Atlanta's version of Y Combinator. It's less about the money than it is about an opportunity to launch an early, pre-seed stage company. Shotput has between $150,000 to $250,000 to invest in eight to 10 companies, parceling it out $5,000 per company and $5,000 per founder. Each company must have at least two founders, but not more than four. The idea is to give enough money to survive for the summer - the length of the program - and get the company from a mere idea (yes, even on a napkin) to a real product or service.
